[rollei_list] NEW ADMINISTRATIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS: PLEASE READ!

From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>

To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:15:46 -0400

List Folks:
Several things of merit need attention by us all from time to time:

a) This is a Rollei List, not a general photography list. I don't
mind an occasional wandering off-topic, but I would ask that we keep
such diversions to a bare minimum. If it doesn't involve the care
and feeding of Rollei cameras, I would suggest that the topic be
taken up elsewhere. And, PLEASE! Every off-topic comment should be
so marked in the SUBJECT block by adding, at the
beginning: OFF-TOPIC so the unwary can be alerted and read or delete
as they wish.

b) PLEASE change the subject block when a thread grows away from its
original subject matter. That is, a thread might begin, honestly
enough, marked with a subject heading of OLD STANDARD ROLLEIFLEX
LENSES but the topic might shift, over days, to coverage of modern
Xenotar lens design. When this happens, please have the courtesy to
your fellow list members to change the subject block to: MODERN
XENOTAR LENS DESIGN or somesuch.

c) When those taking the digest respond, PLEASE reset the subject block!

d) Please be careful to trim the quoted text in the message to which
you are replying. That is, please block-and-cut or whatever your
software requires to reduce the quoted text to the bare minimum
necessary to maintain continuity. Most of you are already doing this
quite nicely, but it would be best if we all were quite conscientious
in doing so!

e) Should you be out of the loop for a few days, pray, do NOT use an
auto-response message of any sort, or I will simply unsubscribe
you! Such messages will be replayed, ad nauseam, to the entire
list. Please unsubscribe if you must for the period you will be gone.

f) Please send your messages in plain-text only. HTML and similar
codings are NOT looked on with favor by the undersigned!

g) Thankfully, we are a polite and communal lot, so I will only say
that we have never experienced the sort of flaming agonies which
occasionally afflict other lists. I would like to see this collegial
spirit of good-will and honest debate continue. To that end, please
remember that postings to the Rollei List are in the nature of
conversations between good friends, and these ought not be repeated
outside the List without the explicit permission of the original
poster. If you disagree with something someone has said, then this
should be taken up directly with that person either on-List or by
direct off-List contact.

j) WTB/FS ads are to be posted on Fridays, your time, only. This is
a different rule than that employed on other Lists such as the LUG
(whenever it is Friday somewhere in the world) or the IDCC (every
other Wednesday).